Collapsible hat-box



G. 0. ERICKSON. COLLAPSIBLE HAT BOX. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I9, 1919.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

GILBERT O. ERICKSON, OF TAKOMA PAR-K, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COLLAPSIBLE HAT-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed August 19, 1919. Serial No. 318,507.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GILBERT O. ERICKSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Takoma Park, in the Districtof Columbia, have invented a new and useful Collapsible llatBox; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and'use the same.

The invention relates to but boxes and has for its object to provide acollapsible or knock down'box of this character, thereby allowing theshipment of boxes in a compact condition so as to conserve shippingspace.

A further object is to form the cylindrical body portion of the box inone strip provided with marginal attaching means whereby the same may bebrought together to form the cylindrical body portion and to provide abottom and cover for engaging the top and bottom edges of thecylindrical body member and to provide a string fastening for the box asa whole, said string fas,

tening being secured to the body member adjacent its end edge by a diskfastener and adapted to pass around fasteners on the body member atdiametrical points and having its ends after passing around the bottomof the box tied above the top of the box, thereby maintaining the coverand bottom on the box.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings v Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hat box.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the body member is formed.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing the bot tom and cover in telescopedposition for compactness in shipment. 7

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body member ofthe box, said body member having its end 2 provided with tongues 3,which tongues are adapted to pass through slots 4: in the end 5 of theblanks from which the body member 1 is formed. hen the lugs 3 are inengagement with the slots 1, a cylindrical body member is formed, whichbody member may be oval shaped or round as desired. However, it is to beunderstood that as many lugs and slots.

3 and 4 may be provided as necessary according to the depth of the boxdesired.

Body member 1 has its bottom closed by means of a bottom 6, which bottom6 is preferably provided with an outwardly ex tending flange 7 so that acover 8 ha 'ing a correspondingly shaped flange 9 will easily telescopeand nest therein thereby conserving space in shipment. It is the objectto ship the blanks forming the body member 1 in-fiat form.

After the bottom and top have been placed on the body member 1 a string10 which is secured to the blank forming the body member 1 as at 11 by aconventional form of disk is passed around the box as a whole. String 10being secured at 11 by the disk 12 at a point spaced from one of itsends leaves a section of string 13 which is adapted to bepassed-upwardly and be secured over the cover 8, there being a section11 which section is passed circumferentially around the body member andover the disk fastening 15 thence downwardly and under the bottom as at16 and passes transversely across the bottom, turning upwardly as at 17at a point diametrically opposite the point 16 and passes over the diskfastener 18 thence passing circumferentially of the body member andaround the disk 19;. p: ing downwardly and extending transverm as at 19of the bottom, then passing upwardly as at 20 and around the diskfastener 21, which disk fastener is substantially at a diametrical pointto the disk fastener 12. After the string leaves the disk fastener 21 itpasses upwardly and over the edge of the cover 8 as at 22, and has itsfree end tied to the section 13 of the spring as at 24, therebyproviding means for holding the cover on the box after the contents havebeen placed therein.

From the above it will be seen that a hat box has been provided whichmay be shipped in a fiat and compact form and one wherein the bottomwill be securely held on the bottom of the cylindrical body portionafter the box has been set up and means whereby the cover will be heldin position after the box has been filled with merchandise.

' The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A collapsible box formed fron a blank,

said blank having means at its ends'for fas-jv tening saidends togetherthereby forming a cylindrical body member, a flanged bottom anda flangedtop on said body member, a

string secured to the body member and adapted to be passed across theabutting edges of the blank to a fastener, thence downwardly anddiametrically across the bottom of the boX, thence upwardly over a diskfastener at a point diametrically 0pposite to the first named diskfastener, thence circumferentially of the body memher and over a diskfastener at the starting point of the string, thence downwardly anddiametrically under the bottom of the box at right angle to the cordpreviously placed across/the bottom, thence upwardly and around a diskfastener carried by the body part at a point substantially diametricallyopposite the disk fastener at the starting point ofthe string and the.free end of the string being adapted to be-tied'to a string carried bythe disk member at the starting strip, the vertical edgesofsaidbodystrlp disk and string,

end of the string for maintaining the cover,

on the box. a r

2. A folding carton comprising a bod being provided with means adaptedto in- *terengage, said body strip having secured thereto adjacent oneof its vertical edges a said string being-secured at a vpoint spacedfrom its ends thereby forming a portion adapted to bepassed around thebox and a portion adapted to be passed .over the cover and tied to theend of the first mentioned portionofthe string,

.a series of disks secured :to said body strip in alinement withthe'firstmentioned-disk,

said disks being so disposed that when the vertical edges of the stripare brought together, said disks will be disposed at dia metricallyopposite points at right angles to each other, top and bottomsections'for

